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[ad_1] Scandinavian crew resource specialist AAP Aviation Group is aiming to expand into providing European narrowbody services under long-term capacity provider agreements for airlines. AAP chief executive Espen Hoiby tells FlightGlobal that the company, which already offers crew resourcing solutions to airlines, has the groundwork in place for an air operator certificate (AOC) in Norway and is now looking to secure a launch customer for the operation. “We are ready to do this, but we need to team up with an airline,” he …

[ad_1] United Airlines is seeking to bolster its transpacific dominance with a newly proposed route to China from the West Coast of the USA.  The Chicago-based carrier filed on 2 December with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) an application to operate thrice-weekly, year-round flights from Los Angeles International airport to Beijing. The proposed flights would be operated with Boeing 787-9 aircraft and launch 1 May, per DOT approval. United’s website shows that the flights are not yet available for booking.  United requests “seasonal flexibility …

[ad_1] Aeroflot is claiming to be the first Russian carrier to introduce aircraft under wet-lease, following a change in the country’s air transport regulations. The airline has reached a preliminary agreement to take three Airbus A330s operated by Moscow-based Ifly. Ifly uses both A330-200s and -300s. Aeroflot says the Ifly wet-lease will bring to 15 the number of A330s in its fleet. It intends to use the aircraft on domestic services to destinations in eastern Russia, including Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Aeroflot chief Sergei Alexandrovsky …

[ad_1] Air New Zealand expects to operate seven Boeing 787-9s with new cabin interiors by end-2025, as retrofit works on its first aircraft continue apace. Airline chief Greg Foran, speaking to reporters in Singapore, says the airline is hoping to operate its first retrofitted 787 in mid-February next year. Foran was in Singapore visiting the facilities of ST Engineering, who are undertaking retrofit works for 14 Air New Zealand 787s. Thereafter, a second 787 will be inducted in February for a cabin refresh, and …

[ad_1] Qantas’s first Airbus A321XLR has entered final assembly, paving the way for its delivery in April next year. The aircraft, to be registered VH-OGA (MSN12323), is the first of 28 A321XLRs that Qantas has on order. It will replace Qantas’ Boeing 737-800s over the next decade. Qantas will also be the first Asia-Pacific operator of the variant, which entered commercial service in November with Spanish operator Iberia. Calling it a “significant milestone” in its fleet renewal plans, Qantas says the new aircraft will …

[ad_1] Canberra’s most recent aviation white paper has underlined the challenges facing new entrants in Australia’s airline market and reiterated the government’s view that slot reform is needed at Sydney airport. While observing that the country’s aviation sector has rebounded strongly from the coronavirus pandemic, the white paper observes that conditions are still difficult. It points to Regional Express’s (Rex) entry into administration in July after it attempted to enter Australia’s domestic market, shortly following the collapse of low-cost carrier Bonza earlier …

[ad_1] Russian carrier Azimuth Airlines has disclosed that the fire involving one of its Yakovlev Superjet 100s at Antalya resulted from fuel on the apron spilled from a damaged tank, but insists the aircraft itself did not burn. The twinjet, operating flight A45051 from Sochi on 24 November, had been stable on its approach, the carrier indicates, but was subjected to “unpredictable windshear” as it landed, causing a hard touchdown. Azimuth says the captain – the flying pilot, with over 12,500h – kept …

[ad_1] Q I am planning a trip to Samarkand and Bukhara in Uzbekistan in March. But I am confused by the Foreign Office advice which, as I read it, could invalidate my insurance. It appears that these two cities are safe but some border areas are not. Could you confirm whether my trip will be covered, please?Peter SA You raise an important point: a traveller who visits a destination to which the Foreign Office advises against going is likely to find …

[ad_1] Emirates Airline hopes by next summer to be operating both versions of the Airbus A350-900 it has on order, as deliveries of the widebody twin to the Gulf carrier ramp up. Speaking at an event in Dubai on 27 November to mark the arrival of the first A350 from a 65-unit order, Emirates president Sir Tim Clark said the initial example was configured for “regional” missions of up to 12h. Seating 312 passengers, the twin-aisle “offers a versatile mix of capacity and …

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[ad_1] London Gatwick and UK budget carrier EasyJet are midway through a small-scale operational trial of a new AI-enabled remote gate-monitoring system which could boost airline efficiency through optimising turn times. Dubbed “SmartStand”, the system takes a host of existing technologies – AI image recognition, automated foreign object detection, and remote-controlled air bridges, for example – and knits them together into a single system, allowing turn co-ordination to be carried out from a central control station rather than at the gate itself. “It …

[ad_1] Panama’s Copa Airlines has cut four destinations from its network and again pushed back fleet growth plans due to a shortage of new jets from Boeing. “Due to Boeing delivery delays, the arrival of our last two aircraft of the year was postponed by a few months,” Copa chief executive Pedro Heilbron said on 21 November during the airline’s third-quarter earnings call. “We are temporarily pulling out of four markets… The reason we are doing that is also tied to aircraft …